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Sign up for youth basketball or soccer at the Avalon Park Y! Call 407-381-2512, visit ymcacf.org, or stop by the Avalon Park YMCA today to learn more about programs and membership. SAFETY PLAYS FIRST We’ve implemented safety procedures that ensure we provide everyone who enters our YMCA facilities with a safe environment. To learn more, visit ymcacf.org/safety
ABOUT YMCA YOUTH SPORTS More than ever, our kids need to get out and experience the joy of being a kid again. And for many, that means teamwork, friends, and sports! Our Youth Sports programs are ready to provide a safe, clean, and fun environment so your family can get back to learning and playing the sports you love at the YMCA.
The YMCA of Central Florida is a nonprofit dedicated to strengthening our community.
Entrepreneurship and Motherhood Being an Entrepreneur can be tough, but one of the toughest jobs out there is being a Mom! There is no instructional manual. There is no official training. And there is really no right way to be a Mom! Which sounds very familiar to being an entrepreneur. Entrepreneurship is risky and so is being a Mom. You make a plan, but don’t ever know for sure if your plan will work out, until it does (or possibly doesn’t.) You try to find balance between family life and work. You have days you want to give up, but nevertheless, you keep moving forward every day just doing your best! And that is all we can do some times…our best! We asked one of our own Avalon Park Business Owners what it means to be an Entrepreneur and Mother and this is what she had to say: “Being a mother sets the foundation for the business I’m building up. As a Sustainability consultant, I feel responsible for showing my offsprings that my business contributes to making our world better and that every decision I take can have a positive effect to improve people’s wellbeing, the environment, and the community. I want my children to learn that entrepre-
neurship is a way to pursue your passion as long as that passion has a well-founded mission that benefits humankind. It is challenging to start a business with little kids, being a minority, and a woman but it is the best example to show we can do it all no matter the obstacles and motherhood struggles.” -Ana Leal www.amlysustainability.com Ultimately, as mothers and entrepreneurs if we continue to do our best, stay focused on making the world better through our businesses as well as our children, then some level of success is inevitable! Happy Mother’s Day WOMANtrepreneurs! If you are business owner, rising professional or just a woman who wants to take more ownership of her life and connect with other smart, like-minded women, join us for our next WOMANtrepreneur meeting at the 5th Floor in Avalon Park. Send an e-mail for more information on dates and times to: info@ womantrepreneur.org
